NewsForge: Can the Malware Industry Be Trusted?

“Internet security is big business. Microsoft Windows and Office
vulnerabilities have made major contributions to making it–and
keeping it–that way. Today, players like McAfee, Symantec, Norton,
and dozens of other firms fight for a share of a market worth
tens-of-billions of dollars a year. I would like to think that this
industry displays the same high degree of ethical standards and
integrity shown by other first-responders: our police forces,
firefighters, and paramedics. Sure, there are bad apples in the
bunch now and then, but on the whole they are a admirably honest
and trustworthy group. I don’t think nearly as highly of the
computer security industry.

“Here’s why…”

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